Screen Rant's selection of the funniest Far Side comics, from cows and scientists to cavemen and ducks. Vote for your favorite and let us know which classics we missed!
Published from 1980-1994, Gary Larson 's The Far Side remains one of the most beloved comic strips of all time, packed with gags that still have readers in stitches decades later. Larson's comics - famous for starring cows, scientists, cavemen, ducks and mobsters - have stood the test of time, but which are the best of the best?
14 "Think There Are Any Bears?" Larson's Love of Nature Is Far Side's Biggest Running Theme Gary Larson's love of nature is apparent throughout The Far Side, however he doesn't let his affection for the natural world soften its edges. In this case, two hunters weren't just savaged by their intended prey, but turned into a puppet show for its cubs.
12 Farmer MacDougal Larson Is a Genius at Telling Stories in a Single Image One of Larson's greatest skills is telling a whole story in a single panel, often allowing the reader to join the dots and discover the punchline for themselves. In this case, Farmer MacDougal's suspicions aren't explicitly spelled out, making it even funnier when the reader arrives at the same conclusion.
Posts 4 10 Canine Decoder Larson's Silly Comic Is Scientifically Accurate Larson didn't skimp on the dog comics in The Far Side, but he also didn't pretend the animals had any great intelligence. In this strip, a genius scientist creates a helmet that allows him to understand what dogs are 'saying,' only to learn that barking is just the equivalent of yelling "Hey!" Strangely, this claim is basically correct.
Close However, we've chosen 'That Big, Dumb Geek' as the best of the best because of how Larson uses the image and caption to tell his joke, breaking a barrier that most readers weren't even aware existed. The comic shows how aware Larson is of the 'process' of reading a Far Side comic, with the image not quite making sense until the caption brings everything together.
7 Organized Crime Informant Gary Larson Loved Mocking the Mob In this strip, a mob informant risks it all to share what he knows about organized crime, only for his anonymity to be destroyed by a laughably simple mistake. Larson constructs a world founded on childlike simplicity, where flicking on a light switch is all it would take to reveal a confidential informant to the world - however, Far Side's edge means there are still potentially lethal consequences for this kind of silly mistake.
Posts 6 "CAR!" This Comic Got Far Side Honored by Cheers Cows are the most famous recurring figures in The Far Side, with Larson using bovine characters for many of his silliest and most surreal comics, including farmers 'stacking' their livestock in gigantic towers, as well as cows eating steak out of pure morbid curiosity. I've always thought the word cow was funny, and cows are sort of tragic figures. Cows blur the line between tragedy and humor.
Related 12 Funniest Far Side Comics Where a Character Says "Uh-Oh!" Things seldom work out for the characters of Gary Larson's The Far Side, so it makes sense there are plenty of comics worthy of an"Uh-Oh!" However, Larson's minimalist art style did lead to several stock character designs, which appeared often enough that both Larson and his readers began to see them as the same people. Larson acknowledged this fact in a comic that shares the background of Far Side's 'cast,' turning his stock characters into actors who play different roles depending on the comic.
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